Grace's grandparents knew Bradley long before she did—they babysat him as a boy, the bride now says. When Bradley showed up to a few family functions, including a pirate-themed party, "we really re-met as adults," Grace says. "A few weeks later, he was at several other family functions and we really started to notice each other. Then, he finally asked me out!"

Bradley proposed at a more private family function—the couple's third Christmas together. As Grace dug into her stocking, Bradley swapped Charlie Brown Christmas for their favorite Hawaiian tune and stuck his hand between the couch cushions. The bride admits, "I kind of knew what was happening," but says she was "in complete shock and burst into tears when he got down on one knee."

Their August wedding at Twenty Mile House was "natural and green, as well as stylish and modern," the bride describes. "It was also very important for our cultures to be a part of the wedding weekend and for our guests to have a wonderful time."

"There were so many little ones that it was difficult for there to be any kind of order going down the aisle," Grace recalls. "The ring bearers pretty much ran down and then the flower girls walked and two of them threw petals. At the very end, the last flower girl remembered she was supposed to do something and dumped her entire basket of petals out on the grass."

"We put a lot of thought into [the ceremony] and made it ours," Grace says. "We both wanted it to be short, but still very special and spiritual." Bridesmaids walked down the aisle to the song that played when Bradley popped the question, while the bride read a Hawaiian love poem to her new husband. Above them hung 1,000 paper cranes the bride and her family had folded in the weeks before.

Grace's eight bridesmaids chose their own knee-length navy blue dresses, which they paired with nude heels. Their bouquets matched the bride's—a mixture of succulents and full, white flowers made up the round arrangements.

"Oh man!" Grace says as she thinks back on the couple's reception. "It was so beautiful. We were surrounded by our favorite thing in the world, the sky and the mountains!" The couple made sure the food was amazing, too. The menu included comfort-food staples like chicken and mashed potatoes.

In lieu of a cake, the couple offered a donut bar. "And we got the donut shop to make a giant donut for us," Grace says. "There were all kinds of flavors—chocolate, glazed, sprinkles, sugar, donut holes. Our giant donut was sugar."

While the couple didn't host an official after party, "we did party all night long at the venue," the bride says. "Our caterers hooked it up with late night sandwiches and leftovers from the reception dinner. It was so necessary to soak up all those drinks!"